<html><body><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>Hi,<br></div><div><br></div><div>(Replying also to the list)</div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid #1010FF;margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"David Smith" <dsmith@mypchelp.com><br><b>To: </b>"Yedidyah Bar David" <didi@redhat.com><br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, March 17, 2014 5:01:55 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Users] Instructions to add a remote controlled power strip not in the native list?<br><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">Hi Yedidyah,<div>Keep in mind it appears that your instructions are assuming some level of in depth knowledge of *some* database not described in that thread. </div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid #1010FF;margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>In other words, for someone not extremely familiar with the oVirt database location and tables, would not have a clue as to what you're talking about in this email.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm guessing this database is located locally on my ovirt-engine, but I wouldn't know where to start in how to get into it without causing major problems (ie, do I need to turn off the engine first?) and it would help if there were a detailed example with sql commands to make the necessary modifications to the dB to add a fence agent completely.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div>This wasn't my email, it was Eli Mesika's. I just remembered that he sent it so it was easy to find.</div><div><br></div><div>I agree that the instructions are not complete.</div><div><br></div><div>The database was created during setup - you were asked about that and probably accepted the defaults,</div><div>which create a local database called 'engine'. You can connect to it by doing:</div><div>su - postgres</div><div>psql engine</div><div><br></div><div>Obviously, do not change anything before you understand what you are doing and have some good backup.</div><div>You can read, and usually update, without taking the engine down.</div><div><br></div><div>There is quite a lot of material on the ovirt wiki - please search and read a bit - e.g. for 'ovirt database'.</div><div><br></div><div>Do not hesitate to ask (on-list) again if you have questions.</div><div><br></div><div>You can also ask on irc for faster help.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>-- <br></div><div><span name="x"></span>Didi<br><span name="x"></span><br></div></div></body></html>